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A trafficker arrested with large quantity of carved Ivory
Cameroon, 29 Mar 2018A trafficker arrested with large quantity of carved Ivory. He was arrested in an artifacts shop in the heart of Yaounde located at the ground floor of a hotel building and had been supplying ivory to mainly Chinese buyers. The owner of the shop is soon to be arrested. Serge led the LAGA team.
The right hand of the Vietnamese head arrested
Ivory Coast, 21 Mar 2018The right hand of the Vietnamese head now finally arrested !
An ivory trafficker arrested with 5 tusks
Gabon, 17 Mar 2018An ivory trafficker arrested with 5 tusks in Lambaréne. Good work of the Conservation Justice team with the Gabonese authorities.
3 arrested with Ivory and an elephant tail
Gabon, 8 Mar 20183 traffickers arrested with Ivory and an elephant tail. Good work of the Conservation Justice team with the Gabonese authorities.
A trafficker arrested with Ivory and giant pangolin scales
Republic of Congo, 8 Mar 2018A trafficker arrested with Ivory and giant pangolin scales. The PALF team hit cross-border trafficking between Congo and Gabon.
2 traffickers arrested with 4 Ivory tusks
Cameroon, 3 Mar 20182 traffickers arrested with 4 Ivory tusks. They were hiring a rifle from a widow of a police commissioner that got arrested as well. And used uniforms given by a colonel. Good work of serge, Loveline, Gilbert and the rest of the LAGA team with the Cameroonian authorities.
A Guinean trafficker arrested with a leopard skin
Senegal, 1 Mar 2018A Guinean trafficker arrested with a leopard skin and 4 bushbuck antelope skins.
2 traffickers arrested with two skins of lion heads
Senegal, 28 Feb 20182 traffickers arrested with two skins of lion heads, one of a leopard and several other skin parts. The two brothers, notorious traffickers, used a shop, owned by one of them, as a cover for their illegal activities. They were arrested at their father´s house during the attempt to sell the contraband.
3 traffickers arrested with 4 tusks
Congo, 26 Feb 20183 traffickers, one of them former army officer, arrested in the north of the country with 4 tusks, one of them a DRC national. They transported the contraband to the place of transaction in a canoe, concealed in a bag. They all are long-term traffickers, well connected to networks in the country as well as abroad.
A trafficker arrested with 40 kg pangolin scales
Cameroon, 9 Feb 2018A trafficker arrested with 40 kg pangolin scales and hippo teeth. Serge, Aime and Loveline led the action in the east of the country.
A baby chimp rescued and 3 traffickers arrested
Cameroon, 30 Jan 2018A baby chimp rescued and 3 wildlife traffickers arrested trafficking apes and pangolin scales. This tiny orphaned baby chimp was saved by the LAGA team, in an arrest in the south of the country with the authorities. Anna is still taking care of this baby. Only a few months ago and had the trauma of losing a rescued baby chimp after it arrived the sanctuary and is devoted to giving lots of care and love to him before we take him to Ape Action Africa sanctuary for lifetime care. Serge was leading the operation and Aime and Gilbert were in the attack and follow all legal aspects. One of the three is a Niger national. The big sack contains 80 kg of pangolin scales.
6 traffickers arrested with 15 tusks
Congo, 29 Jan 20186 traffickers arrested with 15 tusks in the north of the country. One is a Cameroonian, organizer of poaching squads. Good work of the PALF team with the authorities led by Herick.
